Category: Politics

Using Covid-19 as a tool, the Trinamool Congress has managed to get the civic elections postponed to bring under control internal feuds within the party, BJP MLA of Matigara-Naxalbari Anandamoy Barman said on Wednesday. Attending a party programme at ward no. 11 of Siliguri Municipal Corporation, he said that since the declaration of names of […]

The ruling BJP might face a tougher battle on the 55 seats that will go to polls in the second phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly election compared to the first round since the region has a high concentration of Muslims, influenced by the religious leaders of the Barelvi and Deoband sects. The polling in […]

Vijay Rawat, brother of India’s first Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat who recently died in a helicopter crash, joined the BJP on Wednesday. The BJP may field him as its candidate in poll-bound Uttarakhand, sources said. Vijay Rawat, who retired as a colonel from the army, joined the BJP in the presence of […]

Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav’s daughter-in-law Aparna Yadav joined the BJP on Wednesday, asserting that she has always been impressed with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Aparna joined the party in the presence of Uttar Pradesh deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya and its state chief Swatantra Dev Singh. Expressing her admiration for Modi, she […]

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath visited Gautam Buddh Nagar on Wednesday and hit out at BSP supremo Mayawati and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, saying his predecessors hesitated coming here as they did not have any agenda for the growth and well-being of people. Visiting Noida, adjoining Delhi, in western Uttar Pradesh’s Gautam Buddh […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will host the first India- Central Asia Summit in a virtual format on January 27 during which the leaders are expected to deliberate on steps to take forward relations to newer heights as well as the evolving regional security situation. The virtual summit will be held with the participation of the […]

The BJP on Tuesday said there is a competition going on in Uttar Pradesh between Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Congress over who can spread more hatred against Hindus. Citing support of Islamiccleric Maulana Tauqeer Raza Khan to the Congress in Uttar Pradesh assembly polls and his meeting with Priyanka Gandhi, BJP spokesperson Dr Sambit […]

Jo Ram ko laayen hai hum unko laayenge (We will vote for those who made Ram Temple possible). This is the BJP slogan for the poll-bound Uttar Pradesh and Surat-based traders have landed the order to print sarees, posters and other campaign material for the saffron party. Sources said more than 50,000 sarees will be […]

Noted industrialist from Surat and Patidar leader, Mahesh Savani, who joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in June 2021, announced his exit from the party on Monday citing personal reasons. Savani’s exit came just hours after Gujarati folk singer Vijay Suvada left AAP and joined Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Savani had sat on an indefinite […]

After Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, now the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has urged the Election Commission to postpone the February 14 assembly election in Punjab. The requests have been made in view of Guru Ravidas Jayanti as the birth anniversary of Guru Ravidas falls on February 16. In a letter to the Chief Election […]